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ATTD RN EYS Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,463,644 DESK LEVEL VISIBLE CARD CABINET James Reid, Sierra Madre, Calif. Application May 1, 1947, Serial No. 745,171

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a desk level visible card cabinet.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a card cabinet wherein a large number of cards can be carried upon a single unit and wherein a large number of cards can be carried upon a single unit and wherein these units are mounted in a drum which can be rotated and orientated to the proper position for sliding out the unit over a desk surface so that the cards can be displayed and lifted to obtain the information from beneath them.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a visible card cabinet and card retainer which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a table with the card cabinet mounted in the surface thereof and with one of the card retaining units pivoted outwardly therefrom and resting on the table surface.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of the drum which contains the card retaining units and at which end there is located a ring to which the units are attached.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the opposite end of the drum.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken of the end plate shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the opposite end plate shown in Fig. 5. v

Fig. 8 is a plan view of one of the card retaining units removed from the drum.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of one of the card retaining units as viewed on line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 except that larger supporting rods are used to space the cards further apart.

Fig. 11 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken of the card retaining unit on line of Fig. 9.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of the ring which is associated and retained upon one end of the drum and to which the ends of the card retaining units Referring now to the figures, l5 represents a table having an opening l6 in which there is pivoted a card cabinet I 7 embodying the features of the present invention. This card cabinet ll includes a drum [8 having slots I9 therein into which may be slid card retaining units 2|. At opposite ends of the drum Hi there are connected end plates 22 and 23 which have ball bearing units 24 fixed to a central shaft 25 extending through the drum l8 and the plates and which has its ends journalled respectively in bearing brackets 26 and 21 at opposite ends. The drum may be made of wood or other soft material while the end plates 22 and 23 are preferably made of a hard material.

At the end of the drum |8 which has the plate 22 there is a ring 29 which is fixed so as to lie adjacent circumferentially spaced slots 3| in the periphery of the plate 22. Also the plate 22 has radially extending slots 33 into which the card retaining units 2| are slid and finally being connected to the ring 29 by extending the same through the slots 3| as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3.

The opposite end plate 23 has radially extending slots 35 in its inner face adapted to receive the opposite ends of the card retaining units. It should now be apparent that there has been provided a cabinet which has slots therein adapted to receive the retainers 2| and which is adapted to rotate in the opening It to locate one of the card retaining units in a plane extending over the surface of the table l5 so that the card retainer can be supported on the table top. Intermediate the length of each slot l9 there is provided a spring clip 31 for retaining the card unit against outward radial displacement as the cabinet is rotated.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 8 to 11, it will be seen that my card retainer includes a shell 4| preferably of metal having at its top end a transversely extending slot 42 with an entrance 43 for the same. The unit 2| can be attached by passing the ring 29 through the entrance 43 to the slot 42. Thereafter the unit 2| can be swung inwardly into the openings I 9 in the cabinet H. The sides of the unit 4| are turned inwardly as indicated at 44 within one side there is disposed a rubber tube 45, Fig. 8.

The individual cards are mounted upon rods 46 by wrapping one edge of a card 4'! about the rod 46 and stapling the same as indicated at 48. The card is of the same width as the space between the rolled in edges of the member 4|. 46 slides in the card and provides extensions 5| and 52 outwardly of the outer edges of the card which are adapted to be seated under the turned in side edges 44. The extension 52 is shorter than the extension and is located on the side edge which has the rubber tube 45. The rubber will accordingly keep the rods in their proper spaced positions, one beside the other and with the cards overlapping one another as best shown in Figs. 9 and 10. To remove the rod with the card on .it, the rod is moved toone side to compress the rubber 45 and then the rod is lifted from the other side and out of the space between the side edges 44. It should now be apparent that not only may the unit 2| be removed from the cabinet but also the original cards can be easily and quickly removed from the unit.

While various changes can be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Iclaim:

A card cabinet devicecomprising a support, a drum rotatable on the support and having radially extending openings therein, and card units adapted to carry cards and to be slid into the radially extendin openings of the drum, and

means for detachably connecting the card unit to one end of the drum, said drum comprising a central member, end plates disposed at the opposite ends of the drum, said end plates having radially extending slots adapted to receive the ends of the card retainer unit, and said means for the card retainer unit about the ring and into the slot and-been the outer face of the end plate.

JAMES REID.

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